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Topic: humility
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“...I told her she had absolutely nothing to do but to place herself in the hands of God.”
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“Be humble, like your Mother [Mary], devoted like her to the interests of God and your neighbor...”
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“You know ... that the good God always makes use of nothing in order to accomplish something.”
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“How strongly I feel it is necessary to be holy! But more strongly do I realize that I am far from being so. Obtain this grace for me...”
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“As soon as we have sinned, let us humble ourselves, ask pardon of God, and go on our way as before...”
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“...give a little pleasure to your poor Mother Theodore, who loves you so much, and who would like to see you perfect, but who is very far from being perfect herself.”
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“When a fault is committed in your house, examine seriously before God whether you yourself are not the cause.”
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“You must also accustom yourselves, my dear children, to bear in mind that if the faults of others displease us, ours also torment them.”
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“Yes, God truly makes use of the least likely instruments to procure [God's] glory.”
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“What would it avail you to do better than someone else, if it is from the motive of being admired?”
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